anyone on here have any medical background?

10 January, 2007 - 1:51am — lost_in_wonderland

okay, um..i have this odd affliction and want to know if this happens to anyone else and what i might be able to do about it...

whenever i get cold, like my skin gets cold (it's hard to explain, but i know when it's happening) my fingers swell up and i break out in hives. like red, itchy hives all up and down my arms. i woke up one morning and my arms looked like i'd rubbed them in poison ivy. i put some caladryl (helps with these rashes) and my arms warmed up and it went away. but now that it's winter it's been happening more frequently.

is this normal? is it normal for my fingers to swell up and for me to get a rash?

just curious if anyone else has this problem...

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10 January, 2007 - 1:52am — Toph

I don't experience that

I don't experience that problem but, um, I really don't think hives and swelled fingers are normal :S You should really ask your doctor, or at least your school nurse.

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10 January, 2007 - 5:30am — haNa

Possible

It is possible, I kid you not, to be allergic to cold. That's what it sounds like to me, so you should probably talk to a doctor, and just avoid the cold, I guess.

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10 January, 2007 - 5:30am — Siren Merchalle

you might be allergic to

you might be allergic to something? but yo should deffenitly go to a doctor

10 January, 2007 - 6:13am — lost_in_wonderland

hmmm...i do believe haNa's

hmmm...i do believe haNa's right.

i think it's something called cold urticaria, where you're allergic to cold temperatures.

i checked the symptoms, and that's what i get, mild hives and swelling. i mean, it's nowhere to the extreme of some people, but it does sound strangely familiar.

hmmm.....to the doctor!!!

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10 January, 2007 - 8:21am — dreamers imagin...

Don't use caladryl, because

Don't use caladryl, because you have limited uses with that, use Eucerine, not limited (Plus it keeps the heat in). I am allergic to the cold and I have a surface allergy to water (It sucks). I would also warm you to the idea of maybe investing in a Gortex jacket next spring when it goes on sale (Constantly keeps you warm, no matter what and it stops the rashes from becoming a problem). But yeah I don't have an medical background but, I am one who has been in and out of the hospital for my whole life, and I know enough about a hospital to be a nurse's assisstant.

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10 January, 2007 - 11:46pm — ForeverEndedToday

This might sound odd but I

This might sound odd but I think you're allergic to cold because the same thing happens to my friend when she has her hand in cold water and she says it's because she's allergic to cold.

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12 January, 2007 - 12:01am — dykehalo

My friend has the same thing

My friend has the same thing happen to her. She's allergic to cold. The way she deals with it is just trying to stay warm- always wearing lots of layers, so that if it does get cold she won't be. She also drinks soup and and chocolate and other warm things. Just try and stay as warm as possiblt